Janelle Zapiti is a former Nassau County Girl Scout and a 2015 Gold Award Recipient.
Janelle’s Girl Scout Gold Award “Take Action Project,” Preserving Mineola History, modernized how history was being preserved by the Mineola Historical Society. Using her information technology skills, Janelle spent countless hours teaching members of the society how to use the computer to digitize hundreds of their documents. She also did a presentation on the history of aviation and encouraged intergenerational relationships through her project.